I’ve decided to continue my conversion to a Rotary Hitter from a Rotary Swinger, much to the dissappointment of many, but it puts less stress on my left hip which has been injured in 2 car accidents. I’m working on it today in the “Rotary Swing Golf Lab” and am sharing an update.

It’s very different going from a body dominated and left side dominated move to a very right arm dominated move, but I’ve found another sport that has helped me get the feeling – tennis. I’ve started playing tennis this week (a whole separate blog to come on that!) and it has really helped me develop the feeling of using the right arm to control the golf club. The forehand in tennis is much like the Rotary Hitter motion, and that’s what I’m actually feeling in my downswing to some degree. I’m feeling as if I maintain the right wrist angle and never release it just you would in a tennis forehand. Now, in reality, they do release, this is just a FEELING that I’m using to develop a sense of hitting with the right arm. It is helping me extend my right arm coming into impact and, of course, maintaining a lot of lag.

Note how far the clubhead is away from the ball even though my hands are now even with the ball.

In my case, this is actually causing me to release the club too late, which I’m working on, but here’s a quick clip to show you how far the club should be behind the ball by the time your hands get even with ball. The “Lag Drill with the Impact Bag” is a great video to watch if you struggle with maintaining lag in your golf swing as so many golfers do. From this position, the club will release with a lot of speed and very little effort.

In the next screen capture taken just after impact, my right arm has not fully extended at this point and is continuing to work the club down the line too much. It’s a slight amount, but I want the club to work more left after impact with a proper release of the right arm, and that’s what I’m working on, so stay tuned, I’ll get it!

The clubhead is a bit late coming into impact here